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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America
Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824823
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Trade and Financial Contagion in Currency Crises
Salgado, Ranil; Ricci, Luca Antonio; Caramazza, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
estimation finds these economic indicators to be significant for emerging market countries during the Mexican, Asian, and Russian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769104
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Exchange Rate Policy and Sovereign Bond Spreads in Developing Countries
Yue, Vivian Z.; Jahjah, Samir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
We test the hypothesis of a link between exchange rate policy and sovereign bonds. We analyze the effect of exchange rate policies on supply and credit spreads of sovereign bonds issued by developing countries. An exchange rate policy is captured by the de facto exchange rate regime and the real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599729
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Exchange Rate Policy and Debt Crises in Emerging Economies
Montiel, Peter; Jahjah, Samir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We explore a model intended to capture the interaction between exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, and outright default on foreign-currency denominated debt. We examine how the exchange rate affects the supply of short-term debt facing the government. We show that under a credible hard peg...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826111
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Currency Boards, Credibility, and Macroeconomic Behavior
Sy, Amadou N. R.; Rivera-Batiz, Luis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Currency boards operate differently from standard pegs. The former exhibit greater currency stability and lower transaction costs, inflation, and nominal interest rates, but are limited in their use of devaluation. We extend Drazen and Masson’s (1994) signaling model to consider the choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768949
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The Pros and Cons of Full Dollarization
Borensztein, Eduardo; Berg, Andrew - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
We analyze the costs and benefits of full dollarization compared to its closest alternative, a currency board, quantifying for Argentina where possible. Potential advantages include lower borrowing costs and deeper integration into world markets. One cost is the transfer of seigniorage to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605277
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What Caused the 1991 Currency Crisis in India?
Saxena, Sweta Chaman; Cerra, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Did real overvaluation contribute to the 1991 currency crisis in India? This paper seeks an answer by constructing the equilibrium real exchange rate, using an error correction model and a technique developed by Gonzalo and Granger (1995). The results are affirmative and the evidence indicates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263897
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The Euro’s Effecton Trade Imbalances
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
over the period from 1948 through 2008. We find that, with the introduction of the euro, trade imbalances among euro area … tends to be more balanced when nominal exchange rates are flexible. Intra-euro area imbalances also seem to have become more … persistent with the introduction of the euro, some of which is linked to labor market inflexibility. Reviewing the direction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680273
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Adopting the Euro in Central Europe; Challenges of the Next Step in European Integration
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national … currency with the euro, but can choose when to request permission to do so). For most of these countries, adopting the euro … convergence with the rest of the euro area. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767345
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Establishing Conversion Values for New Currency Unions; Method and Application to the planned Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Currency Union
Kamar, Bassem; Carlotti, Jean-Etienne; Krueger, Russell C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
A key issue in creating a new currency union is setting the rates to convert national currencies into the new union currency. Planned unions in the Gulf region and Africa are seeking methods to set the conversion rates when their new currencies are created. We propose a forward-looking...
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